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Visual Intelligence: Occasionally Useful, but Often Flawed

Apple Intelligence’s visual intelligence feature helps you learn more about or interact with anything you see through the iPhone’s camera or on its screen.

It’s quicker to access than dedicated apps, but suffers from reliability issues and Apple restrictions.

I’ve been exploring the “visual intelligence” aspect of Apple Intelligence in iOS 26 on my iPhone 17 lately, and while it’s not game-changing, it is occasionally useful and can be faster than using a dedicated app.

It could be even more successful if it worked more reliably and wasn’t deliberately limited by Apple.

It’s quicker to access than dedicated apps, but suffers from reliability issues and Apple restrictions.

Author’s summary: Visual intelligence is occasionally useful but flawed.

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